IT'S A BIG DAY FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO ARE FINALLY EARNING THEIR DEGREES. DEERING HIGH SCHOOL HELD ITS 140TH COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY TODAY, AND MORE THAN 200 STUDENTS RECEIVED THEIR DIPLOMAS. THE STUDENTS ARE NOW EMBARKING ON THEIR FUTURE - BUT IN TODAY'S ECONOMY, WHAT DOES THAT FUTURE HOLD FOR THESE, AND OTHER GRADS? A DAY OF POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE FOR THE 218 DEERING HIGH STUDENTS WITH A BAD CASE OF SENIORITIS. AN EMOTIONAL DAY FOR THE MOMS AND DADS.. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS TOLD THE STUDENTS "WHETHER YOUR NEXT STEP IS COLLEGE OR CAREER, THE EDUCATION YOU HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR IS CRUCIAL TO YOUR SUCCESS." WHEN THE DIPLOMAS WERE HANDED OUT THERE WERE DANCES, CHEERS AND PLENTY OF HUGS. OF HUGS. Q: What are your plans for the future? A: Trying to go to college for four years major in criminal justice. Q; You want to be a police officer/ Maybe yeah." DAD IS VERY PROUD THAT HIS SON MADE IT THIS FAR WITH PLANS TO GO EVEN FURTHER. very happy very happy CHERYL MASON - PROUD OF HER SON, HER YOUNGEST. "I'm just excited for him want to see what the future holds for him, it's exciting." INTERESTINGLY HE'S CHOOSING A FAMILIAR CAREER PATH, BUT TAKING A DIFFERENT ROUTE. "I want to be a police officer so hopefully go to SMCC for a couple of years and then be a cop." MANY OF THESE STUDENTS CHOOSING TO TAKE THE FASTER, MORE ECONOMICAL PATH BY ATTENDING COMMUNITY COLLEGE. "It is less expensive and does help. Yeah it's quicker. It's two years for an associate's degree so it's easier." Zsofia Duarte IS OFF TO BATES COLLEGE, POSSIBLY THE PEACE CORPS BEFORE GRAD SCHOOL - PLANNING IT ALL OUT AT 17 - BUT SMART ENOUGH NOT TO WORRY ABOUT ALL THAT NOT TO WORRY ABOUT ALL THAT STUDENT LOAN DEBT - YET. so I think it's worth it in the end if you can work it off - I don't know Q: you're about to find out? A: I know yeah where I'm going they're giving me a good amount of money it's well endowed." THE CLASS OF 2014 IS A DIVERSE ONE - STUDENTS REPRESENTING 54 COUNTRIES AND SPEAK TWENTY- SEVEN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. LET THE CAPS FLY AND THE RESUME- BUILDING BEGIN.

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